The pair met at Prudente de Moraes Municipal Gymnasium in Itu, Sao
Paulo, for a quarterfinal matchup in the leading Brazilian
promotion’s middleweight title grand prix.

Alcantara, the younger brother of UFC featherweight Iuri
Alcantara, seemed to have the fight in the bag after clipping
Jones and securing back mount in the opening 60 seconds. Jones
wouldn’t go down that easily, however, as the
Champion Team representative slipped out the back door and
worked to close the gap with punches and leg kicks late in the
round.

The second round was defined by the clinch work of Jones, save for
an Alcantara takedown in the last 60 seconds; both men had their
positional control interrupted by confusing breaks from referee
Paulo Borracha. Jones came on strong in the final round, unleashing
his most potent offense of the match by dropping brutish punches
through Alcantara’s guard, but he finished the fight in an
exhausted clinch on the fence.

Jones’ output was enough to convince one cageside judge, but not
the other two, who awarded Alcantara the split decision; scores
were not announced. The win, Alcantara’s ninth in his last 10
fights, places him two fights away from the title recently vacated
by the last man to defeat him, current UFC talent Marcelo
Guimaraes.

The 23-year-old from Manaus escaped an early Passos heel hook and
then went to work from top position, where heavy ground-and-pound
preceded a textbook mounted triangle. Campos rolled onto his back
and forced the tap at 4:05 of the opening round, extending his
winning streak to seven and putting his name in discussion for the
vacant Jungle Fight featherweight title.

Douglas
Bertazini and Douglas del
Rio both threw heavy hands from the onset of their welterweight
affair, but it was Bertazini who walked away with the knockout. A
big left hook from the southpaw sent del Rio tilting to the mat,
where “El Loco” Bertazini finished the job with coffin-nail
punches. Referee Douglas Aires stepped in to save the unconscious
del Rio at 3:45 of round one.

Bolivian lightweight Carlos
Bazan Rojas used a grinding top game to outwork Rio de
Janeiro’s Claudiere
Freitas across 15 minutes. After a relatively close opening
frame which saw the fighters exchange guillotine attempts, Rojas
dropped Freitas with a left hook early in round two and spent the
rest of the period in top position. Another takedown in round three
combined with a botched Freitas guillotine to seal the deal for
Rojas, who earned the nod from all three judges.

At flyweight, Luiz Dorea pupil Bruno
“Demente” Menezes’ patience paid off against Mateus
Martins Vasco. The 26-year-old Bahian secured a late takedown
and knocked Vasco senseless with a pair of cracking left hands,
forcing referee Alessandro Souza into action with only four seconds
left in the opening frame.